Must’ve burned for them to have to write this.
Via Washington Post:
New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton announced on Tuesday that he will resign next month amid demonstrations by frustrated activists and acrimony between the department’s rank and file and the city’s civilian leaders, apparently bringing an end to his divisive and influential career in law enforcement.
As the top cop in America’s most populous city, Bratton implemented methods that some criminologists credit with helping make New York City much safer. Crime has declined nationwide since Bratton began his first stint as commissioner in 1994, but the decrease has been even more dramatic in New York than in other major cities.
Bratton left his post in New York in 1996, before returning to the helm again in January 2014. He will be succeeded by James O’Neill, who is currently the department’s chief.
Bratton “has left an indelible mark on American policing, and he has worked diligently to try to advance the field,” said James Bueermann, the president of the Police Foundation in Washington, D.C.